One of the most obscure railroads in Utah’s history is the Inland Railway, a line built parallel to the Salt Lake Garfield and Western and north of the LASL/WP mainlines on the western edge of Salt Lake County. This railroad was built as an in plant operation to haul salt from the evaporation ponds in the area to the salt plant located near the Saltair resort. Much of the area the Inland Railway operated on is now buried underneath the Kennecott Tailing Ponds. The railroad was incredibly obscure, not being included in Stephen Carr’s Utah Ghost Rails, a book that is otherwise the seminal publication on long gone railroads in the state.Note the locomotive in the photo is a Salt Lake & Los Angeles locomotive (predecessor to SLGW), so it is up in the air if this is an SLGW train working on the Inland Railway, or a mislabeled caption instead. We got a few proper Inland photos to share later though.

You can take your own park tour! Thanks to grants from the Spike 150 Organization and the Tooele County Tourism Tax Advisory Board, we were able to produce seven outdoor interpretive signs to place around our historic park. We hope you enjoy them next time you visit.

Tooele City Parks Department thoroughly checked the museum this morning after the earthquake. There was only some minor cosmetic damage in the Foreman’s House. There was no damage to the collection or exhibits.

Thanks again to all the city employees and volunteers who have helped secure the collection over the last few years!

As a a precaution against the spread of COVID-19, we will not be conducting any private tours through March 29, 2020. We hope to open on schedule in May, but we will be postponing the Storytelling Jubilee until July.

Until then, we will be working with the parks department and library staff to bring you Boredom Busters and other quarantine friendly activities.

For updates on Tooele City’s response to COVID-19, please go to tooelecity.org.

A very merry time was had at the Polar Express Extravaganza. The museum teamed up with the library to bring this successful library event to the old train depot. We were able to make the Metal Spiral Wreath event even more fun and add more activities. We created a light display on Engine 11, had activities and Christmas displays in the main building, created 2 photo spots, and served hot chocolate to all.